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The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus…
Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea,…
Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans.
Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeat the Spartans.
The Battle of Leuctra shatters Sparta's reputation of military invincibility.
Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade Athens and bring the Peloponnesian War to a successful conclusion
The Athenian coup succeeds, forming a short-lived oligarchy
Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict
Battle of the Cremera as part of the Roman–Etruscan Wars. Veii ambushes and defeats the Roman army.
Battle of Marathon: The conventionally accepted date for the Battle of Marathon. The Athenians and their Plataean…
The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia conquer Babylon, ending the Babylonian empire. (Julian calendar)
A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by the Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares
A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by the Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares
Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of…
Spring and Autumn period: Battle of Qianshi: Upon the death of the previous Duke of Qi, Gongsun Wuzhi, Duke Zhuang of…
Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy marking the end of the legendary Trojan War, given by chief librarian of the L
Battle of Megiddo – the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail